How to slice a Pandas DataFrame
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You can use the .loc[]
, .iloc[]
, and []
accessors to slice a Pandas DataFrame. Here's an example of how you can use these accessors to select specific rows and columns:
.loc[]
: Selects data by label. For example, you can select all rows with a specific label:
df.loc[1:3] # will select all rows between 1 and 3 including 1 and 3
.iloc[]
: Selects data by integer position. For example, you can select the first three rows:
df.iloc[0:3] # will select first three rows
[]
: Selects data by label or integer position. For example, you can select a specific column:
df['Name'] # will select 'Name' column
You can also use both .loc[]
and []
together to select specific rows and columns. For example, you can select the 'Name' column for the first three rows:
df.loc[0:2, 'Name'] # will select first three rows of 'Name' column
You can also use slicing on the rows and columns together
df.loc[:, 'Name':'Age'] # will select all rows for columns 'Name' and 'Age'
You can also use .iloc[] to select specific rows and columns using integer positions:
df.iloc[:, 1:3] # will select all rows for columns with integer position 1 and 2
It's also possible to use boolean indexing to select specific rows and columns:
df.loc[df['Salary'] > 55000, ['Name', 'Age']]
In all the examples above, the returned DataFrame will include only the selected rows and columns.
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